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ECCB launched public debt and market information web portal

Caribbean News ContributorJuly 31, 2019

BASSETERRE, St Kitts — The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) launched the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) Public Debt and Market Information Web Portal during a regional media conference held July 23, at the ECCB Headquarters, Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis. This initiative, an important deliverable in the ECCB Strategic Plan 2017-2021, marked another milestone […]

Caribbean Airlines launches mobile app

Caribbean News ContributorJuly 31, 2019

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Caribbean Airlines launched the latest of its digital products, the Caribbean Airlines Mobile App, designed for use by IOS and Android devices and features an array of tools to enhance the customers’ travel experience. It is available for free download for Android and iOS users on the Google Play Store […]

Eliminating hepatitis calls for ‘bold political leadership, with investments to match,’ says UN

Caribbean News ContributorJuly 29, 2019

This pentavalent vaccine, used at a health centre in Mali, is a combined vaccine with five individual vaccines conjugated into one, intended to actively protect people from multiple diseases, including hepatitis B. (9 March 2018) UNICEF/Ilvy Njiokiktjien GENEVA, Switzerland – A new study by World Health Organisation (WHO), published on Friday in Lancet Global Health, […]

CARIFORUM embarks on critical human trafficking study

Caribbean News ContributorJuly 29, 2019

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Efforts to address the issue of human trafficking in the CARIFORUM region are being bolstered with a new study on human trafficking that is expected to provide a greater understanding of the problem within and across its borders. A Canadian firm, Dunn, Pierre, Barnett and Company, Canada Limited, has been engaged by […]

Caribbean Aviation Meetup conference 2020 to be held on St Maarten

Caribbean News ContributorJuly 29, 2019

PHILIPSBURG, St Maarten – The 5th annual Caribbean Aviation Meetup conference will again be held on St Maarten/St Martin June 16-18, 2020. CARIBAVIA as the event is popularly called is the most significant results and solutions-oriented communication platform on the subject of ‘airlift’ in the region. It has gained increased appreciation by international professionals and experts […]

Switzerland ranked as the most innovative country in new UN report

Caribbean News ContributorJuly 26, 2019

GENEVA, Switzerland – Following Switzerland in the rankings are Sweden, the United States, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. India has risen most in the rankings since 2018, jumping five places to fifty-second most innovative country. The annual Index, which has been published for the last 12 years by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and […]

Caribbean youth leaders meet to create roadmap for reproductive health, HIV and AIDS

Caribbean News ContributorJuly 26, 2019

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism that provides a structured and unified approach to the Caribbean’s response to the HIV epidemic, will convene the third regional meeting of youth leaders: Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV and AIDS on 30 July – 2 August 2019 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad […]

Caribbean urged to look within to grow tourism

Caribbean News ContributorJuly 26, 2019

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada — Leaders in the Caribbean tourism industry have been advised to embrace and develop the strengths of their people to keep the industry among the most competitive in the world. “Yes, we can have the most beautiful properties, the best airports, the best seaports, but it is the people who make the […]

Outgoing chairman of OECS outlines major advancements to regional integration

Caribbean News ContributorJuly 24, 2019

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent — A strong advocate for the advancement of regional integration in the region, prime minister Ralph Gonsalves’ tenure as chairman of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) focused on deepening relations amongst member States and improving the quality of life for citizens. Key areas of focus, under Gonsalves’ chairmanship, were: (a) […]

Enhancing the region’s capacity for Tsunami readiness

Caribbean News ContributorJuly 24, 2019

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Twenty-five representatives from across the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA’s) 18 participating states are benefiting from a regional tsunami technical training workshop being held in Barbados from July 23 to 26, 2019. The workshop is an activity of a project where Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, St Vincent and the Grenadines and […]

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